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NSSF has long held that these mandatory waiting period laws are unconstitutional. Simply, rights delayed are rights denied,” explained Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President & General Counsel.
For 35 years, law-abiding Floridians have had to endure unconstitutional laws that arbitrarily deny them access to legally guns. …illogical, and unconstitutional gun control laws like this are being thrown out in federal courts across the country.
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled that New Mexico’s seven-day “cooling off” period for buying a gun is unconstitutional.
A three-judge panel of the Tenth U.S. District Court of Appeals has ruled 2-1 that New Mexico’s seven-day waiting period “is likely an unconstitutional burden on the Second Amendment….
The 10th Circuit just struck down New Mexico’s 7-day waiting period, ruling that the Second Amendment protects not only owning guns—but buying them without government-imposed delays.
U.S. District Court Judge Lance Walker granted a preliminary injunction against Maine’s 72-hour waiting period on gun sales.
This law is nothing more than an attempt to deny law-abiding Mainers their Constitutional rights while doing nothing to stop criminals who ignore these ineffective laws. Rights delayed are rights denied…
Responsible gun owners should never have to wait to exercise the right to defend themselves and their property…
At the time of the founding, when the 2nd Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights, there was no such thing as a waiting period, anywhere in the country.
The judge argues that the act of obtaining a firearm, especially without delay, is not covered under the Second Amendment…
Colorado’s law is not just a waiting period on the right to possess peaceably purchased property. It is a delay on safety itself.
